Garment-clasp.



No. 718,314. I A PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.

A. H. GOHN.

V GARMENT CLASP. v APPLI-uATIoN TILE un. 1'7, 1902.

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ADOLPI-I H. COHN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARNI ENT-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 718,314, dated January13, 1903.

Application filed April 1'7, 1902. Serial No. 103.397. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH H. COHN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at NewYork, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Clasps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My. invention ,relates to certain improvements in garment-clasps, andhas for its object to provide a simple and economical device of thisdescription which can be readily manipulated.

the latter being usually made with a slot large' at the top, so as toadmit the head of the button, and small at the bottom, and the chief aimof my invention is to do away with the necessity of providing for thereception of the head of the button.

lis the button, whose base-plate 2 is secured to the usual webbing 3,and 4 is a sheetmetal plate secured to a webbing 5. Within this plate 4is au elongated slot 6, of uniform width throughout its length, and atone side of the plate,.near the upper end of said slot, is a gate 7,which leads into said slot and is of a Width substantially the same asthe width of the slot. The slot 6 and gate 7 are of a width slightlygreater than the diameter of the shank of the button, so that such shankmay readily and freely pass through said slot and gate.

In utilizing my improvement the garment is placed over the head of thebutton and the shank of the latter pushed'through the gate 7 and thendrawn downto the bottom of the slot 6.

The button may be of plain metal or it may be made of rubber, or theshank of the button may-be provided with a rubber collar, and myinvention is therefore not limited in this respect. It will thus be seenthat the head of the button never passes through the slot or the gate,and therefore a very broad head may be employed, if desired, such aswouldA have a substantial bearing upon the face of the plate when theshank is drawn down to the bottom of the slot.

'Having thus described myiuvention, what I claim'as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isr l. In a garment-clasp, the combination ofthe button having a base-plate secured to a flexible element, with theloop having its upper end also secured to said flexible elementimmediately above said button, said loop having a slot of uniform Widthin the directionof its length and a lateral gate opening into said slot,whereby the fabric to be sustained may be placed over the head of thebutton and the shank of the latter forced through said gate into saidslot and then drawn down to the bottom of the latter, substantially asset forth.

2. In a garment-clasp, the combination of the base-plate secured to apiece of webbing, said plate havingl rising therefrom a shank whichterminates in a large head, with a second plate having its upper endsecured to `said piece of webbing and provided with an elongated slot ofuniform width slightlyV greater than the diameter of said shank, saidslot extendinglengthwise of said second plate, the latter being alsoprovided with a lateral gate having awidth equal to that of said slotand opening into the latter near the upper end thereof, whereby saidshank with the fabric to be sustained around the same may be forcedthrough said gate and drawn down- ADoLPH H. ooHN.

Witnesses:

l F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN.

